playable art
Posted on March 3, 2010 - Filed Under geeklife, reviews | 2 Comments
We’ve been digging around the internet lately for some new games. Because, holy cow, will this cold weather ever stop? 80% chance of snow AGAIN today. We’ve been hunkered down in the yurt for what seems like forever, and immersing ourselves in the fabulous art of a new game has been a great [...]
Read More..>>it’s a thrilllllleeeerrrr, thriller night!
Posted on February 17, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life | Leave a Comment
I have written before of our love of the game Plants Vs. Zombies. Well, I recently wiped the drive on our game machine and upgraded to Windows 7, which meant reinstalling, and rediscovering, a bunch of games we hadn’t played in a while. Plants Vs Zombies in particular has gotten a lot of replay this [...]
Read More..>>ipod touch / iphone games for little kids, part 2
Posted on September 13, 2009 - Filed Under geeklife, kiddo life, reviews | 1 Comment
A while ago, back when I first got my ipod touch (how did I ever live without it?), I wrote a post about gaming on the ipod with my kids. At the time there seemed to be very little out there on games for little people, and few games they could play. As with everything [...]
Read More..>>plants vs. zombies eats our brains
Posted on August 3, 2009 - Filed Under geeklife, reviews | Leave a Comment
The time has come to reveal that lately, here at the yurt, we have a secret identity, a secret purpose, one we take very, very seriously.
We kill zombies.
I know I previously commented on a lack of zombie action here in yurtsville, but all that has changed in the last few weeks. Here is why.
[Dun dun [...]
14 ipod touch / iphone games for little kids
Posted on April 1, 2009 - Filed Under geeklife, kiddo life, reviews | 4 Comments
We are all about the games around here. Board games, card games, yard games, video games, computer games, dice games, make believe games, you name it. We are an equal opportunity game household.
But, I had no idea, when I got my spiffy new ipod touch, that I was buying a gaming machine. I think I [...]
the yip-yips do not cause childhood obesity
Posted on July 31, 2008 - Filed Under kiddo life | Leave a Comment
[rant on/]
Here’s a fun game for you:
First, put a kid in a school desk for seven hours a day, plus an hour or so sitting on a bus, and then throw in another couple of hours of sitting down to do homework. Do that for five days a week.
Next, design all public spaces so that [...]
